Blackpool South
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 16167 (48.7%)
Conservative: 10286 (31%)
Liberal Democrat: 5039 (15.2%)
Other: 1680 (5.1%)
Majority: 5882 (17.7%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 11453 (29.9%)
Labour: 19375 (50.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 5552 (14.5%)
BNP: 1113 (2.9%)
UKIP: 849 (2.2%)
Majority: 7922 (20.7%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 12798 (33%)
Labour: 21060 (54.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 4115 (10.6%)
UKIP: 819 (2.1%)
Majority: 8262 (21.3%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 17666 (34.4%)
Labour: 29282 (57%)
Liberal Democrat: 4392 (8.6%)
Majority: 11616 (22.6%)
Boundary changes
Current MP: Gordon Marsden (Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Candidates:
Ron Bell (Conservative) Blackpool councillor since 2007.
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 82121
Male: 48.5%
Female: 51.5%
Under 18: 21.6%
Over 60: 24.2%
Born outside UK: 3.4%
White: 98.4%
Asian: 0.5%
Mixed: 0.6%
Other: 0.4%
Christian: 78.5%
Full time students: 2.3%
Graduates 16-74: 9.1%
No Qualifications 16-74: 39%
Owner-Occupied: 69.7%
Social Housing: 8.2% (Council: 6.4%, Housing Ass.: 1.8%)
Privately Rented: 19.1%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 21.9%
The boundary changes reduced his 1992 majority from 1700 to around a notional 200. They did not quite turn this into a notional Labour seat!
Tory MP’s in Southampton Test, Ayr and the Forest of Dean ‘defended’ (or sought to gain) what had become notionally Labour seats.
“Tory MP’s in Southampton Test, Ayr and the Forest of Dean ‘defended’ (or sought to gain) what had become notionally Labour seats”
That is true, but I still have reservations about the notional 1992 vote, particularly in relation to Forest of Dean, where the swing to Labour in 1997 was relatively small.
I disagree family guy. Labour has not been helpful to Blackpool at all. Blackpool suffered for 16 years under a Labour Council which tried to destroy Blackpool with that stupid casino and left us with no plan B. The Tories have NOT carried on where the left off. That swimming pool is a dilapidated dump used by a tiny number of people, it was unfit for purpose and a waste of money. Blackpool needs major investment and Labour is not getting it. Like someone said on another thread. Labour have pulled conferences out of Blackpool, at least the Tories are reconsidering Blackpool unlike the champagne socialists. I sincerely hope and expect Blackpool will be blue again at the next election. We have a good strong LOCAL candidate unlike the current MP who is by no means local.